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It had been a while since the Narbonne football players experienced these emotions.

However these feelings were inevitable after watching Alemany explode for 28 unanswered points in the third quarter to break a 14-14 halftime tie en route to a 42-14 victory over Narbonne on Friday night at Alemany High in Mission Hills.

“Tomorrow is a new day,” Narbonne defensive back Khalil Rashaad-Brown said. “We’re going to watch film and get better. Next week’s Lakewood. We’ve got to bypass this.

“We’ve still got a ring to get — a (L.A.) City championship. And a D-I state championship too. It’s a wakeup call, but we’re going to pick it up.”

It was Narbonne’s worst loss since a 48-22 setback to Serra in 2010. Narbonne won the 2011 City crown and enjoyed a 14-0 run last season before losing in the CIF State Regional Bowl.

“We’re not used to losing like this,” Narbonne lineman Owen “Boogie” Roberts said. “But we can’t keep thinking about the loss.”

Narbonne (2-1) had rallied from an early 14-0 deficit and tied the game 14-14 behind another standout performance from running back Johnnell Jackson, who had 24 carries for 195 yards and two touchdowns.

However Alemany (3-0) made all the right adjustments.

It bottled up Jackson, who had just 44 second-half yards.

It put more pressure on sophomore quarterback Roman Ale, who went 5 of 16 for 56 yards, one interception and was 0 for 7 in the second half.

It also took advantage of a four-TD performance from Okalani Langi, who had a 92-yard interception return for a touchdown in the first quarter, an 8-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter, a 2-yard scoring run in the third quarter and a 6-yard scoring run in the third quarter.

“I like what I saw from us in the first half, but I want to see us finish,” said Jackson, who had scoring runs of 6 and 15 yards. “Finish. That’s our motto.

“We just stopped executing, but it’s nothing we can’t fix. We’ve got to get our heads up and come back next week and get it done.”

Aaron Corbin had a big strip and fumble recovery in the first half for Narbonne, which showed its team speed defensively in the first half.

“There are a lot of positives,” Narbonne coach Manuel Douglas said. “Someone asked me if I thought Alemany wore us down. No way. They had a hell of a third quarter and ran the ball effectively. It was a physical game, and I like the way our defense played.

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“I think our inexperience showed at times. But to be 14 points down and come back in the first half … I’d rather lose like this to Alemany than roll over a team like Locke, I’ll tell you that.”